Men’s Sevens

The final HSBC World Rugby Sevens Series tournament of 2016 begins Saturday, Dec. 10, in South Africa, where the Men’s Eagles Sevens will attempt to climb the 2016-17 standings following a Challenge Trophy win in at Emirates Airline Dubai Rugby Sevens.

Men’s Eagles Sevens captain Madison Hughes will take a brief hiatus from international rugby starting this week, and will miss the team’s HSBC Cape Town Sevens campaign in the second leg of the 2016-17 HBSC World Rugby Sevens Series.

The 2016-17 HSBC World Rugby Sevens Series begins Friday, Dec. 2, at Emirates Airline Dubai Rugby Sevens, where the Men’s Eagles Sevens have been drawn in Pool B with Scotland, South Africa, and Uganda.

United World Sports, the organizers behind the largest annual rugby events in the United States; and USA Rugby, the national governing body of rugby in America, announce that the HSBC World Rugby Women’s Sevens Series will return to Las Vegas for 2017, uniting it with the annual USA Sevens International Rugby Tournament, March 3 – 5 at Sam Boyd Stadium. The women’s competition returns to Las Vegas since it moved to Atlanta in 2014.